American troops on Saturday began drone surveillance and intelligence gathering operations over Sambisa forest in Northeast Nigeria.
According to AFP, this marks a significant escalation in Washington's contributions to the war against Boko Haram insurgents.
Already, many militants have been sighted in Sambisa forest which is believed to be the fortress for Boko Haram.
Reports have it that about 145 of the 300 military personnel promised by President Barack Obama to Cameroon have arrived the country.
LEADERSHIP reports that the
US drone base in Cameroon will provide intelligence support to the multi national coalition fighting Boko Haram, the radical Islamist group that seeks to carve a separate state for itself out of Nigeria .
The drone base in Cameroon is reported to be the thirteenth surveillance base established by the United States in Africa. In West Africa, there are U.S. surveillance facilities in Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger, and Cameroon.
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